The three exits from this hallway looked equally unpromising, so she simply made for the nearest, leaving the cleaner to stare after her.

He was glad that he had reached home when he had, since the approaching day looked unpromising.

It seemed impossible but, if true - and if the other events that were predicted took place the Federation's future looked distinctly unpromising.

It matters because it means that a trust can be construed even from words which look rather unpromising.

Walton worked an 18-hour day, but to begin with his enterprise looked unpromising.

I could turn convict, he thought, and live in prison and it wouldn't matter then about a job or all the things ahead that looks so unpromising.

At first sight, it looked extremely unpromising.

Just a few years ago, this city was drab and run-down, and its skyline looked unpromising.

Moreover, the promised land of three years ago now looks unpromising to foreign investors.

Our way lay up through there and it looked unpromising.